The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1866 - Great Britain |
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... empire , no topic has been more familiar to us . For nine long years , session after session , we have been lashed round and round this miserable circle of occasional arguments and tempo- rary expedients . I am sure our heads must turn ...
... empire , no topic has been more familiar to us . For nine long years , session after session , we have been lashed round and round this miserable circle of occasional arguments and tempo- rary expedients . I am sure our heads must turn ...
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... empire to its deep- est foundations . Of those two propositions I shall , before I have done , give such convincing , such damning proof , that , however the contrary may be whispered in circles or bawled in newspapers , they never more ...
... empire to its deep- est foundations . Of those two propositions I shall , before I have done , give such convincing , such damning proof , that , however the contrary may be whispered in circles or bawled in newspapers , they never more ...
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... empire that circled the whole globe , Do you forget that in the very last year you stood on the precipice of general bankruptcy ? Your dan- ger was indeed great . You were distressed in the af- fairs of the East India Company ; and you ...
... empire that circled the whole globe , Do you forget that in the very last year you stood on the precipice of general bankruptcy ? Your dan- ger was indeed great . You were distressed in the af- fairs of the East India Company ; and you ...
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... empire depend . " - Here , Sir , is a canonical book of ministerial scrip- ture : the general epistle to the Americans . What does the gentleman say to it ? Here a repeal is prom- ised , promised without condition , and while your ...
... empire depend . " - Here , Sir , is a canonical book of ministerial scrip- ture : the general epistle to the Americans . What does the gentleman say to it ? Here a repeal is prom- ised , promised without condition , and while your ...
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... empire depend . " ers After this letter , the question is no more on pro- priety or dignity . They are gone already . The faith of your sovereign is pledged for the political principle . The general declaration in the letter goes to the ...
... empire depend . " ers After this letter , the question is no more on pro- priety or dignity . They are gone already . The faith of your sovereign is pledged for the political principle . The general declaration in the letter goes to the ...
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